CORONAVIRUS - Bank Holiday fines issued for various offences

North Yorkshire Police issued 52 fines for breaches of the coronavirus regulations over the Bank Holiday

This was in addition to issuing over 30 traffic offence reports following the emergency closure of a moorland road.

On Monday 25 May, police officers, council and highway officers were called to the Sheep-wash and Cod Beck area at Osmotherley where the road had to be closed when it became impassable due to the number of parked vehicles.

Officers found 50 cars double-parked along the road, blocking the path of emergency service vehicles.

The majority of the vehicles had travelled from the Cleveland area and over 30 motorists were issued with traffic offence reports for blocking the highway.

Elsewhere in the county, a total of 52 fines under the coronavirus legislation were issued. 39 were issued in the Scarborough area, four in Harrogate, four in Selby, two in York, two in Craven and one in Hambleton.

35 of those were issued for breach of gathering restrictions, 13 for breach of movement restrictions and four for contravening a direction. 29 were issued to visitors to North Yorkshire and 23 to people from North Yorkshire.

Breaches of the regulations include overnight stays in motorhomes, door-to-door selling, and groups of people from different households drinking in public areas.

In one incident on 23 May, the police, fire and rescue service, ambulance service and the coastguard, were all called to the scene of an incident in Scarborough when a man became stuck on a cliff near the castle.

The man had been drinking with a group of friends and climbed up the cliff before becoming stuck. He was rescued by North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service using a harness and was uninjured.

In another incident in Scarborough, a 17-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and assaulting a police officer after a youth was seen jumping on top of a police vehicle and then became abusive on arrest.

He has been released while enquiries continue.

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